Tex. Local Government Code § 351.254
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 351.254, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 351.254. MEETINGS.
Official statutory text
(a) A response team shall meet:
(1) at least quarterly at a time determined by the presiding officer;
(2) not later than the 90th day after the last day of a regular legislative session to review and amend as necessary any protocols, forms, or guidelines developed under this subchapter; and
(3) at any other time at the call of the presiding officer.
(b) If a response team member is unable to participate in a response team meeting, the member or entity the member is representing may designate another individual to represent the member or entity at the meeting. Each member or a designee of that member must participate in all response team meetings.
(c) A response team member must attend the quarterly meetings held as required under Subsection (a)(1) to participate in response team functions.
(d) A response team shall meet independently of a children's advocacy center multidisciplinary team described by Section 264.406, Family Code.
(1) at least quarterly at a time determined by the presiding officer;
(2) not later than the 90th day after the last day of a regular legislative session to review and amend as necessary any protocols, forms, or guidelines developed under this subchapter; and
(3) at any other time at the call of the presiding officer.
(b) If a response team member is unable to participate in a response team meeting, the member or entity the member is representing may designate another individual to represent the member or entity at the meeting. Each member or a designee of that member must participate in all response team meetings.
(c) A response team member must attend the quarterly meetings held as required under Subsection (a)(1) to participate in response team functions.
(d) A response team shall meet independently of a children's advocacy center multidisciplinary team described by Section 264.406, Family Code.
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